Amy Guzman

I am a fractional General Counsel and privacy officer with more than 20 years of legal experience across venture-backed startups, high-growth technology companies, and an Am Law 100 firm. I work as an embedded partner to founders and leadership teams, joining conversations early and helping the business make thoughtful, practical decisions before issues become more difficult to resolve.

My clients are primarily pre-seed through Series B AI and SaaS companies across FinTech, HealthTech, investment technology, and other AI-driven platforms. They need experienced legal judgment and a GC who is genuinely part of the team, without the cost of a full-time hire.

My work includes commercial negotiations, privacy and AI governance, regulatory compliance, employment matters, board and executive risk reporting, and legal operations. I am equally comfortable shaping long-term strategy and handling the day-to-day work required to keep deals and business priorities moving. I focus on building clear, scalable legal infrastructure that supports growth rather than becoming a bottleneck.

I have built legal functions from the ground up at four companies. Before launching my fractional practice, I served as General Counsel and Privacy Officer at SOCi.AI, where I built and led the legal, privacy, and compliance functions as revenue grew from $35 million to more than $100 million ARR. At Lyft, I established the Lyft Business commercial legal function and led complex negotiations, including a five-year, $405 million federal GSA contract. Earlier, I negotiated commercial agreements at Salesforce across the U.S., APAC, and EMEA and began my career at Baker McKenzie.

I regularly speak to the in-house legal community through Contract Nerds, TechGC, InHouse Connect, ITechLaw, GC AI, and Lean Legal Collective. I earned my J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law and am a member of the California State Bar, ACC, WGCN, and the GC Collective.